Muddy Branch
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Muddy Branch is a tributary stream of the Potomac River in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, located about Script error: No such module "convert". northwest of Washington, D.C.
Course
The headwaters of the stream originate in Gaithersburg, and the stream flows southwest for Script error: No such module "convert".,[1] through Muddy Branch Park and Blockhouse Point Conservation Park, under the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal near Pennyfield Lock, to the Potomac River.
Tributaries
- Decoverly Tributary
- Dufief Tributary
- Lakes Tributary
- Pennyfield Lock Tributary
- Potomac Grove Tributary
- Query Mill Tributary
- Quince Orchard Knolls Tributary
- Rich Branch
- Route 28 Tributary
Recreation
Parts of Muddy Branch flow through Blockhouse Point Conservation Park and the Muddy Branch Stream Valley Park. The Muddy Branch Greenway Trail is a Script error: No such module "convert". long natural surface trail that follows the stream from the Potomac River to Malcolm King Park in Gaithersburg, Maryland. There is a boat ramp on Muddy Branch just before it goes under the C & O Canal that can be used by small boats (such as canoes and kayaks) to access the Potomac River.[2]
- Different parts of Muddy Branch
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Muddy Branch, crossing under the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, just before emptying into the Potomac River
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Muddy Branch Stream and the Muddy Branch Greenway Trail
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Muddy Branch near Quince Orchard Road in North Potomac, Maryland
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Muddy Branch Stream behind Morris Park, Gaithersburg, Maryland
See also
References
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- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed August 15, 2011
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External links
- Muddy Branch and Watts Branch Subwatersheds Implementation Plan (2012) - Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection
- Muddy Branch Alliance - Community watershed group
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